The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-03-08
THE RAG BAG.
Dolly and Will Discuss "DevO-
ton" and Some Of the
Duties of Life.

VIII came in a few evenings since
and dropping into chair said, dol
ly, vas [ very much devoted to you
during the old counting days."
"Devoted?" l answered, "why
Will, what do you mean? Pa used
to say, you just about lived at our
house and cousin Belle once remarked
to me, that of all the sick snipes she
ever saw you were the worst, but
maybe that isn't exactly what you
wanted to know my dear, eh ?"
"Well, not exactly" Will said,
with q kind of a sheepish grin and
sidelong look from his eyes, ''but was
| perfectly devoted 10 the sense that
I was willing to for~go personal COM
fort, and sacrifice many Of the little
habits had formed when | ran with
the-er the boys. you know Dolly ?'
"Good gracious Will, how should [
know what you sacrific-
ed, you didn't smoke or
chew or gamble or swear, or do
anything Of that kind that [ was
aware of, and you let on to me that
you were a member of the Y. NJ. G.
A. and did not snore or have tine de-
lirium JIM | said. laughing,
tbut why do you ask Are you a
base fraud after all ?"
'sOh 20, it isn't that, Dolly, but l
was told to-day that certain friend
of mine was perfectly devoted TO a
young lady that lives 10 the west end,
and that few nights ago he pawned
his best pants TO get money to take
her to the theatre. Such devotion as
that is little remarkable, 1t seems to
me-"
.'Weil yes. it is" | answered, "but
you know best whether you ever dis
played your devotion to me in the
manner you speak of, or not. Come
to think of it. if you did such foolish
thing. it must have been your best
neither garment you pawned, for, as
recOl ect, you always had
your worst pair on" [ jok-
ingly responded but, VIII,
seriously speaking, there are you9g
men, plenty of them, like the young
man you mention j, who sacrifice
everything to please some capric Gus
girl. and as rule, the girl foois 'em
to the top Of her bent, because she
has no respect for him. A manly
man who loves a woman In a manly
fashion, is worth more than all The
signing. assuming creatures Of the
above stamp, put together. 4 manly
man would not ask woman TO &c
company him to The theatre or any
other place. unless he could affJrd t.
foot the bills in a proper manner, and
let me tell YOU hat the 70 lowing,
which | find IL the rag bA5, is g rs
pei truth
The lover who writes ths syee est
valentine poetry before marriage. does
not Away MAKE the sore OF husband
who will br ng up the eoiI. anu 5enily
soDthe the wallirg twins, ETe years
after the marriage day"
Will laughed as | read, ana said,
as ne opened the evening paper and
settled back In his chair, 81 AN glad
Inever wrote valentine, poetry ID IL
iy." And looking at Bessie an'i baby
Blossom, and remembering Wills
tender care of them, [ am
a little glad myself that he
never attempted that impossible feat.
Mrs.--has just called on me
and as she is something of a gossip,
not mean vile gossip, you know,
with the slime of somebody's reputa-
ton on her tongu=, butone woo hears
what is is openly going on around her
and tells it told me a rather
curious thing concerning a well-known
couple in this city. In substance this
is The way of it. The couple have
two beautiful little children, the one
babe in arms. the other just able to
manageits wee round legs in locomo-
ton aud asfhey, the parents, are pro-
fessiOnal people they desire to part with
their children, make them a present
tO some kindly childless philauthrop-
list, who will adopt as his or her own.
At first glance there would seem to
be some reason to think that the plan
would be advisable, since, certainly
two small children must be a great
hindrance to people who are con-
stantly engaged by professional duties.
But oh, how could they part with
their little tender, clinging children.
their own flesh and blood, their nest
lings, their "gifts from God" as
somebody has beautifully called them.
| am sure no parent, no real parent,
In the world could understand any
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